Barrel



(No Model.) l i H. WILLARD.

Barrel.

N0. 237,943. l Patented Feb'. 15,1881.

N,PETRS, PHOTUUTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

HENDERSON WILLARD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Application filed January 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENDERSON WILLAED, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, have invented a new Improvement in Barrels, oi' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bent barrels, and it consists in a bilged vessel constructed of sheets ot alternately-gored material, applied together, with the gores ot' one sheet covered by the material ot' another sheet, as hereinafter more fully shown and described, my object being to economize material and labor, and to add tightness, strength, and symmetry to the package.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ot my invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the alternate arrangement of gores c c and c' c', and an edge view of two gored sheets, A and B, before the barrel is bent. The longer sheet, A, is for the outer, and the shorter sheet, B, is for the inner, shell of the barrel, as shown at A B, Fig. l. The gores c c in one side of each sheet alternate with the gores c c in the other side ot' the sheetthat is to say, they do not exactly oppose each other, so that they would meet and divide the sheet in two it' extended to or past the middle ofthe sheet. By this arrangement ot' the gores it results that there is less liability of splitting or tearing the sheet apart in handling it, truly lit each other and and the sheets more l from chine to chine.

No. 237,943,.dated February 15, 1881.

(No model.) i

readily assume the transverse curves necessary to produce a shapely barrel at all points In this instance the infor the reception of the but I do not limit myself to any mode of' securing` the heads to the body of the barrel. These sheets are about one-halt` the usual thickness ot' common eooperage stock, and the weight of my package is but a trie more than that of the common package.

It is desirable that each ply be made of only one sheet; but to save material narrow sheets or staves may be inserted in either ply.

The sheets are both of wood or both of paper-board, or are one of wood and the other of paper-board, either being outside. For some purposes the plies should be glued, pasted, or cemented together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bilged vessel having a body constructed ot' sheets of alternately-gored material, applied ner sheet is crozed head-pieces 5 together, with the gores ot' one sheet covered"Y by the material of another sheet, as and for the purposes set forth.

HENDERSON WILLARD.

Witnesses:

FEED S. HARD, HENRY H. GIBSON. 

